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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8020376" data-attributes="member: 82106">Nowadays it is all cloud. Your backend stuff can all be a bunch of Spring Boot micro-services dropped into a Kub cluster, maybe with Istio dropped in on top for seemless path-based routing, and all backed by whichever AWS-supplied 'database as a service' offerings best match your architecture. Load balancing, failover, backups, etc. is all very trivial push-button level stuff (takes a bit of work to tie it all together, but nothing like the old days, and once you figure it out, its all just Terraform, cloud formation, etc.). UI/UX is really the bear, that takes a lot of work to get right and polish, but you CAN start out with the basics, get an MMP rolled and get it out there, give it away for the lowest initial tier of service, and then start adding the 'premium' features and spit-n-polish. At some point you roll up the premium stuff into a subscription, and mostly at that point it is getting your community relations and stuff right. I agree though, $50k won't get you far, and even several guys working it as a 2nd job will find it tough to make quick progress. I would want more like $500k near the start of my business plan from somewhere. One possibility is the funding at that level is already solid, and the Kickstarter is more about PR and a bit of extra cash (which never hurts) but mostly is just advertising.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8020376, member: 82106"] Nowadays it is all cloud. Your backend stuff can all be a bunch of Spring Boot micro-services dropped into a Kub cluster, maybe with Istio dropped in on top for seemless path-based routing, and all backed by whichever AWS-supplied 'database as a service' offerings best match your architecture. Load balancing, failover, backups, etc. is all very trivial push-button level stuff (takes a bit of work to tie it all together, but nothing like the old days, and once you figure it out, its all just Terraform, cloud formation, etc.). UI/UX is really the bear, that takes a lot of work to get right and polish, but you CAN start out with the basics, get an MMP rolled and get it out there, give it away for the lowest initial tier of service, and then start adding the 'premium' features and spit-n-polish. At some point you roll up the premium stuff into a subscription, and mostly at that point it is getting your community relations and stuff right. I agree though, $50k won't get you far, and even several guys working it as a 2nd job will find it tough to make quick progress. I would want more like $500k near the start of my business plan from somewhere. One possibility is the funding at that level is already solid, and the Kickstarter is more about PR and a bit of extra cash (which never hurts) but mostly is just advertising. [/QUOTE]

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